EF1 Tornado — East Carroll, Louisiana

2024-12-28 · near Roosevelt, East Carroll, Louisiana

Event narrative

This tornado began near LA Highway 577 north of Waverly and tracked northeast, where it damaged the roof of a house on Highway 577 and snapped several trees. It also peeled tin off the roof of an outbuilding and spread debris into the field northeastward along the path. The tornado continued northeastward largely across open fields, crossed into southwestern East Carroll Parish west of LA 579 and downed trees, large tree limbs and caused minor damage to outbuildings as it tracked along Joes Bayou. As it approached the intersection of LA Hwy 577 and LA Hwy 877, several trees were snapped or uprooted, a road sign was blown over, and a home sustained damage to the roof, gutters, and flashing. Farther northeast, a mobile home along Martin Muse Rd was pushed off its block piers and destroyed. Tin from the home was strewn downwind along the path. The tornado lifted south of LA Highway 881. This tornado was observed and recorded from at least three different locations, including along I-20 at Delhi, along LA Hwy 577, and crossing LA Hwy 580. Total path length across Madison and East Carroll parishes was 16.2 miles.

Wider weather episode

On December 28th, an outbreak of severe weather took place. Initially, a few isolated supercells storms developed and produced some tornadoes. As this occurred, a line of storms also developed and eventually pushed eastward across our region. Widespread damaging winds occurred with the line along with numerous tornadoes. This particular convective system was extremely efficient at producing tornadoes. This resulted in a record number of tornadoes for the month of December. The total across our forecast area was 43. The previous December record was 24 back in 2022.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1225290. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.